Porsche 959

Post by **DennisM** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 2:31 pm

As I recall it, this thing was lightning fast and would never tilt as long as You keept the MSC in step three

I have fond memories of running the 959 - The street I grew up in (dead end village road) had tarmac, concrete sidewalks and ended up in a gravel road. Picking up speed at the tarmac, then hitting the sandy concrete sidewalk giving full throttle and full steering, making it go sideways.. Then deceleration to zero with a little help from the fence.

This example is a runner with a new painted TBG body.

Post by **kaiser** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 3:03 pm

this was my dream car up until i got into racing.
i hope they re-release it. it's the one expensive re-release i'd splurge on.

Post by **knixdad** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 3:21 pm

This is one car I definitely would snatch up if they did a re-re. It's an amazing piece of rc tech from back when Tamiya used to try all kinds of neat things.

Not that they don't do that still, but the 959 was so completely different than the rest of their cars. Much like the Ferrari 4wd F1 car or even the Fox with it's one-off design.

Post by **kaiser** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 3:27 pm

body off shots?

Post by **Incredible_Serious** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 7:57 pm

My first car was a 959... loved it, and it taught me so much about building and rebuilding cars (out of necessity!). It's probably the main reason why silver cans have no interest to me, as I started with a Technigold!

Like everyone here, I would love a re-re - I get the feeling that Tamiya would base any decision about a re-re on the performance of the Fox re-re, seeing as they both share very little parts with any other model (yeah, okay, the 959 and the Celica Gr.B).

Thanks for taking me back to my youth, Dennis!

Alex

Post by **DennisM** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:15 am

So this is how it ended up.
And a body off shot for Kaiser

Post by **THE H.P FREAK** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:22 pm

HI!... Awesome car. I have one as well that's fully restored to new out of box condition. I dare not run it.

Post by **DennisM** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:45 pm

H.P FREAK -
I´d say that´s a keeper

Post by **THE H.P FREAK** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:56 pm

HI!... Thanks. What colour is that on your 959? It looks almost butterscotch in colour.

Post by **kaiser** » Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:10 pm

dagnabbit, i didn't need to see this again. thanks for the body off shot.

they better wait to re-re this, my wallet can't support it.

Post by **DennisM** » Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:13 am

THE H.P FREAK wrote:HI!... Thanks. What colour is that on your 959? It looks almost butterscotch in colour.

I´m not sure I know what butterscotch is

The color is Tamiya mustard yellow - To me it looks Camel yellow, but their Camel yellow is almost orange.

kaiser wrote:dagnabbit, i didn't need to see this again. thanks for the body off shot.

they better wait to re-re this, my wallet can't support it.

Rumor has it, that You´re loaded with cash - Just like every other collector

Post by **tamiyadan** » Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:38 pm

Post by **DennisM** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:10 am

That´s heck of a display

Post by **GoMachV** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 12:41 am

Yes, that is a very nice display!

Post by **THEYTOOKMYTHUMB** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 2:14 pm

Love that paint scheme.

This may wet your appetite for getting that out and firing it up.
http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=23191

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